sander

See also: Sander and sänder

English

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sander

Wikipedia

A hand-held electric sander

A belt sander (machine used to mechanize the process of sanding)

Etymology

From sand +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsændɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)

Noun

sander (plural sanders)

1. A person employed to sand wood.
2. A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
   • 2007 July 19, Virginia Heffernan, “A Congregation Gathers to Worship the Shiny Hot Rod”, in The New York Times‎:

     The autophiles hang around a big, fluorescent-lighted garage with cars on cinder blocks, ostensibly in competition for a job, and they talk to the camera in between sessions at the sander or other machines.

3. (rail transport) A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy, icy, slippery conditions to improve traction.
   • 1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 356:

     Grass growing on the track made the running far from easy, and only frequent use of the sanders enabled us to breast the 1 in 50 gradients between Letterkenny and Kilmacrenon [sic].

   • 2021 November 17, Greg Morse, “Network News: Background: causes and effects of low adhesion and wheelslide”, in RAIL, number 944, pages 8–9:

     Traditionally, sand was used to aid grip, being released onto the track in front of the wheels from a special 'sandbox'. However, the Slough accident led to two trials on the use of train-borne sanders to aid braking: [...] Now, all new stock is fitted with automatic sanders, as have most of the pre-1994 units still running.

5. (historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.

Derived terms

• orbital sander
• random orbital sander
• belt sander
• strip sander

Related terms

• (sense 3) sanding gear

Translations

person who sands wood

Dutch: schuurder m

machine for sanding

Catalan: fregadora (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 砂磨機 / 砂磨机 (shāmójī) Dutch: schuurmachine (nl) f, slijpmachine (nl) f Finnish: hiomakone (fi) French: ponceuse (fr) f Galician: lixadora (gl) f German: Schleifmaschine (de) f, Schwingschleifer m, Rutscher m, Schleifgerät n, Sander m Italian: levigatrice f Norwegian: slipemaskin f Portuguese: lixadeira f, lixadora f Spanish: lijadora f

device which spreads sand to improve traction

German: Sandstreuer m

archaic: device to remove excess ink

Yiddish: זעמדער m (zemder)

Anagrams

• dearns, denars, resand, snared, Anders, sandre, Snader, Arends, Naders, Dranes, Danser, Sendra, Andres, redans, Rendas

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sannr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz.

Adjective

sander

1. true, real

Declension

Declension of sander (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sander	san	sant, sat
accusative	sannan	sanna	sant, sat
dative	sannum sannom	sanni, -e sanni, -e	sannu sanno
genitive	sans	sannar	sans
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sannir sanner	sannar	san
accusative	sanna	sannar	san
dative	sannum sannom	sannum sannom	sannum sannom
genitive	sanna sanna	sanna sanna	sanna sanna

Declension of sander (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sanni sanne	sanna	sanna
accusative	sanna	sannu sanno	sanna
dative	sanna	sannu sanno	sanna
genitive	sanna	sannu sanno	sanna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sannu sanno	sannu sanno	sannu sanno
accusative	sannu sanno	sannu sanno	sannu sanno
dative	sannu sanno	sannu sanno	sannu sanno
genitive	sannu sanno	sannu sanno	sannu sanno

Descendants

• Swedish: sann